The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 24, 1919, Page 16

PAGE 16 THE SEATTLE STAR-—SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1919. Seattle’ s Population Increasing 30,000 a Yearg “ACRE IDEA” SOLVING HOME PROBLEM: THOUSAND — a ENOUGH PEOPLE TO FILL SETTLE ON EVERETT COME ANNUALLY | BY K. W. HILL Our greatest building operations |into real estate operations. ; | (Real Metate Director, Henry I or to present period was 1909 to amount of development Dove bes ; | | erick, Inc) During thone years Seattle was | line absorb a sufficient number = . Picture to yourself a city of | overbullt. Bupply ¢ unen exceed: | of unt properties for needed ime ee 30,000 yy h as Everett, | ed the var provement irnish active employs et 4 | Belling! ne Kastern city During the inf to many brokers in making) " with which are familiar, | ulation th ack per leases and in financial opera tions incidental to building prom Draw up in your mind's eye all | up, old houses were Acreculture, the new cccupa- | j the houses, cottages, flats, apart- | vacancies were f uons tion which has brought into ex. | menis, whieh furnish homes for | kir commercia lings previ Conservative Growth istence the city farmer—the rur- all the pop: all the hotels, sxecupled fe nants, un Abundant opportunity will be nd | tl nc icity man, ever growing ia . restaur theatres, there is an urgent and press | pera ¢, ‘Ron ge nt lote, Si Popularity, has made ite influ | [assets nied gnats end ausislont: “\ couctare: ocieen houses, lofts | #7? atinfled with gnoderate net mes lee fo wnt bt te mow reonm buildings; ll the banks, stores, |and basements are all rented, and | ju" to Della for walune Renal nized thruout the country as one office buildings, factories, foun emanda r t bape e loulatie ae a bis, cobalbieie Of tht 1 dries, shops and mills which fur- | nearly met are er oneervative ang expert ME | nish occ F Sn AGRER os oy Ae conservative and ¢ : turned-soldier occupation, the pone pe . Pa pes 3 hancing 1 be most in demand. Little op @ crowded city and housing prob- prises, activities and utructur es ee portusity wit ont Se Se S = 6 . =, otwithsta nd! reased lems. | Im Seattle and the vicinity, espe “ elally, where the housing problem ts | town" methods or “wild-cat” real es tate operators. Already suggestions | z made of a willingness tom Liberty Bonds for ime and you can form a fair concep tion of what Seattle must and will do within the next twelve months, and perhaps within d demand | are building | ex 4 idea of . not take | pr eal estate. ror i + & big one, the idea of the small city successive year in the immedi : oe in an real cetate. Doubtless Say “farm has been seized upon asa great future ped cuenice Me pagenatls wil grow ot 00 without building all the neces: |r large proportions if somewhat mee tm the growth, a wna . ’ the rate of sary structures for caring for their! more eatisfactory net returns af tion and prosperity of the commun 0 per ar naid require pts, What, then, is the » shown and public sentiment toward | “ity, and great numbers of people a Siast realizing the values of the Al ty. oe vt J ficance of these facts? What bear-| real estate investment grows. * @erwood Manor type of living. 1 | for the activic t I they have upon real estate ain tions will be eon @ The acreculturist ta potentially a/ } | each . gets it peeepe ve oe" — lo meeting immediate demands, ach structure will be limited to mallest requirements. However, the nion of the writer, in-| aggregate amount of new construe) ill absorb to son ton will be great enough to contri | of excessive tax n | bute much to the general trade and of labor and materials, | prosperity of the city. Employment’ ements will not be lack- | of 4 sale of materials will money in circulation, As] ues enhance, home hggeorn: sh > becomes more popular, chip makes for stacy ai in our population, ‘farmer, yet he lives within easy | ‘Peach of the city, and has no vast plantation demanding his constant time and a large organization under ‘him. He has a itttie fiveacre pilot! | Just outside of town, but within easy | Access of a perfect auto road or hourly train service, and he carries | on in a smal! way al! the activities | ‘of the farmer. Not only is he able| + to supply his own table with all the! ‘Yuxuries that the soil has to offer, | | not only can he keep those domestic | animals which are so helpful inithe| “Tife of man, to supply his own table, | “but he can produce sufficient to mar. | ‘ket and make bim a livelihood. At Vthe same time it provides him a ) @ulet home, away from the bustle of } the city, yet within easy access when neant lots to im- | kee however condit € build ta-| present or in prospect owne tract many speculators or x ~~. { Analyzes Seattle’s Growth ~~ desires to be there. Enjoys City Recreation. ‘To market he goes one day with his butter, his exgs, his fresh vege “ ; “prima pee Stables and whatever el he has , fs 1 rms wae |? @lected to raise, and the next night ‘s8es him at the theater enjoying the ‘latest play. The lite is per 4 ) Acre-culture, or the “néw science. phe it te called, accomplishes many "things. Among them, it allows the ‘ to be supplied almost wholly home production, a condition med of by every urban dweller ’ ‘ tpied the ultimate ideal of his life; it an stimate for the intensive culture of pou! time tt ‘ “try, chicken raising on a scale that Awe > keeps the home table boun vi Supplied and gives a bit of pin 7 ¢ £19 as “money, but it may be developed until - it supplies the entire livelihood of the * thrifty acre-culturist. Annual Profit, $3000 \ Figures show that an average of i \ Z teasing 30,000 Now ‘Spproximately $2 per hen can be re- lized each year by the chicken rais- @F and, according to the expert em Ployed as advisor to the people of ood Manor, 1500 chickens may | kept on a plot of three and one acres and @ profit of close to '$2000 realized yearly on them. With | is the remainder of the tiveacre plot ©) Gevoted to fruits and nerries and va- | | rious sorts of gardening, besides «| - plenteous plot left for a yard, a com-| - Eameeeane income can be realized on aad these miniature farms. No. 1 shows the Social and Educational hall at Alderwood Manor. No. 2 is « thorobred White Legho: ome vo, 3 w ie Lande ing with \ The place where the science of | feeding the prolitic egg machines, No. 4 is a “biddy” that holds a wonderful record. No. 5 is a pons y" Seine Sealy sunbed oe Porat pa dbf , 3 ~acre-culture has been developed to ita peace Me final analysis, developed probably |" More than any similar community of |#rounds, room to romp, and ex ™ ; ‘the same idea anywhere in the|Panse to play in without the om-| eet emai emmmemen n e eo | atecsaatt: dimeee.0t- Grn ets, tor | Hundreds Flock to to University Ti for H i United States. ix “Alderwood Manor, nipresent dane the ity racts or Home Sites Council to Ponder Rit raf tecon Bore 8B | rt Manor Ww an efron for | vo Airplane Landing’ Jefferson Heights to Be child. os 15,000 period start mart of 1917 and R. W. HILL, who has recently assumed direction of Real time, that Department of Henry Broderick, Inc., has played an active p | of 30,000 's development for 20 years. He was supervisor of the per year? | Census in 1910 and is an authority on population statistics. 7 soe SRN DAE li + ee to | On the other hand, the book. | An airpl landing site will be | N ° J Nothing has been neglected by the | earning side of the child's educa ine fered . . . bay ri whe appe 4 ew ar 1 te Puget Mill company in their effort 10" has not been neglected, and | grounds day, Maj. John E. In the matter of housing its pop-|to be built, will cut down the in order that the children may to make Alderwood Manor complete 7 2 | re f the comm ¢, an- ulation, Seattle is away underbuilt./ ning time from the industrial 4 "in every detail, and the surroundings Ce te Ce boggy ll nounced. As none of the city parks|The time has come when it is|ter to Rainier Valley and intel are not only pleasant, as may be dis Sat goa ne ar jis a for elty and ssary to greatly increase there ate points from an average of ieee sey where bet ee Mee 2 eggs } | par! ais are et to lo- | facilities, T ne lack of city railway hour to 25 minutes ation anc are lave School } | cate e other landing |extensions during the past four| Aside from shortening the much in evidence, and there are ex! surrounded by excellent _piay:| inland years brings Seattle face to face| which is always desirable from perts ready at all rete to hg grounds, the model school is an with @ serious housing and trans: | transportation cost standpoint, if in everything from home canning to| 4.4) piace for the child to obtain csr crowing bigger and |POrtation problem; especially is this | will also solve the easily accessib] landscape gardening. It has been discovered that the land in Western Washington ts ly adaptable to the raising of filbert nuts, and the compan has employed a noted horticultur ist versed in thelr culture, who is rue with the handling of traffic to| problems, as this new line will B and from the industrial center.|the residence property located City officials are making prepara- Jefferson Heights within a few mil on to remedy this early in next | utes’ ride of the industrial center. year, and one of the first lines to| Already buying activities are 4 be built will take its course along | veloping he H. S. Turner jhis schooling, and a competent teacher is in charge. The school has been growing steadily, and with the beginning of the fail term, it lis expected that at least 100 chil dren will be in attendance. ‘This better eact Explains Developm The great avenues from Seattle's great trict meet other ¢ shows that the children never need cross t lw Columbia way | Estate company finds the pro e people of the co ‘ a ‘ ee ate’ 04 be rages ved grow lonesome, and will never want occurred there has gr pa new/| Columbian way is about two miles|tive home owner eager for a y p for suitable playmates Top Pieture Shows University Home . business center to nd|in length, extending from concerning Maynard addition. in an effort to bri Profitable | The convenik of Alderwood about another | and Spokane Meanwhil with the children at ‘Tracts. of the location School. the adults are not being | Bottom Picture Shows Office of alleviates, the |Reslected, Not being satisfied with Sales + Arents of | Property. ‘ providing expert advisors in every aean” fl Soe line, a model farm has been estab | 1 his busi | hed th ne t of the com- a Tess in the city, should he desire |ished in the gh oo ar m: 4 ib keep of until his little farm i9|™UMtY. It is in constant opera |tion, and conducted strictly alo 4 3 under way, which might be in of people who ha ed into the | ave, thru Jeffer-|large advance sale in this have been|son Park into Rainier Valley |tion forecasts a rapid develo n wutified and sold to! Street railway officials estimate|in all the Jefferson Heights prop terms | this new line, which is th firat Herty, e. Along — re aay district ak platted and b home builder attle, ymer cutting within the reach of « scientific lines, and is the largest | | 1 " 5 some case: ratte © 0 4 5 ined on both * with beautiful Bor more. Seaitle te Dut 43 minutes mode! farm and poultry college “| | comfortable and attractive home E. A. Special to The Star 3 away by train, while Hverett is|! ind in the United States and Seattle is still developing, but | CONSTANTINOPLE, May 7 Mauch less, and the train service Crews Clear Js le hitelitiie einai une Bhae wih Allied commissions find ‘Tu 4 fs very good, being hourly. As| Scores of busy little farms are lc eS ges witli nflated | Fiiaa etl poectiaa cleaning UD, e the automobile highway from By-|ready in operation at py Packt entral Council t to Talk Over} | value It is developing naturally, from eve: rangi s erett to Seattle runs directly past,|Manor, and new ones are starting alk Ove | cons and constantly. Are you Czechs Worried; Great Plant | Many pe Rees are halt Fre or * Muto owners are much nearer the|every day. Puffing donkey engines $1,500,000 Project taking advantage of this develop Is Closed Down |for a loaf of ‘bread and a pial ity in time, even than those who|—seven of them- e going all day | ment—are you building your er water a day is their food unless they | Y nition travel by trair jwith their crews, removing stumps | beheu the ssh a huge —— ; H All, Convent nd otherwise clearing and prepar-| Proposals for a Labor temple to} | thru t r earl Hage Se have money to provide better, Wer are: envemences | cost $1,500,000 will be considered |tate? If you are not . E. A, Special to The Star | min-Infested floors are the beds In ing the land for the coming of |more city dwellers who are welcom In going to live on these ef Remember, when You with these, the members of farms, one renounces none of the conveniences of the city proper While acquiring a much iarger PRAGUE, May 24.—The biggest | contra: |by the Central Labor council at its| 1 eat 1 the ¢ d jext. tne peal euthte wen cheat ie rabies pastern Europe, sec-| the Committee of Union an ing the chance to get to where there | "°X' meeting. naar rneenl eases Src! gt the chance to Ke et tha baitiiee commie BAe tas | h St th f |where, and real estate end only to the Keanp aamta. {fess who are held by jhe Rew \ch tage sol ait " the pind |ferred the proposal to the council, e ren oO ation | ood thing to own. ie Skoda bil "ar piisen, ana | Tureen government, hve aia Breathing space and finer air ana| C28” a wore the ities: * rw ‘latter considering the project Wed- Topic of Hour what to do with the works is a|2ort#ble quarters with thick Taam B® quieter environment. All such |*##!n 4 BO ODOR er “| rugs, loll in pajamas on sunny tere Sitineis as tsesthoce: wccn| "7 sewer sear, thoes soven|"eneey MEM. ‘Beveral sites, in| ies in Home Owners ID ee te cone Hang tne eee | facet Diy, cards and receive ME y ‘ . crews, with their engines, are un | being absent six years, during which ovak republic, During the war itlas tho » oa wee R Nights and quick transportation are uve, between Virginia and Lenora, | BY VICTOR J. GRE for Fred- | had 87,000 people at work but now | g¢. Ng pee ce ind the Prefontaine building site nome ble to clear the land fast enough | there, while an educatio , y 6,000 " ee witie an “sau DAE BOM, SS hese Ga éVex ineedadtna Glebasl ; nly 6,000 are employed ond irregu by the Puget Mill company for | "Ue but there te atware that Fourth and Yesler, have larly, according to the daily news: the use of the community, pro-|'0r Tarms, ou a suggested. | I was sales mani H, Bartlett iN |you wear. What their credit nuh (Sales Manager, Goodwin Real Es-| Want to know is “Who be tate Co.) Co., Chicago's largest real estate operators, I pre . ’ - E ATTEND MILK MEETING ¢ ‘dicted that Seattle real estate, par. | Paper, ravo Lidu The new gov | Members of the Milk Dealers” a do you own?” The best evidence of your r on. edient of putting on more crews , vides a social center at which week- |°*?® . A referendum vote on the ques If you own a plece of Seattle real | sibility is , ¢ nas notifi Pp |soll may be prepared for the com ’ 8 BOOd ey own a plece of Seattle real estate.|be the supreme topic of the hour, | rence that ® guaranteed coal sup-| of the s atte Chamber of Commeli mre held and many other types | Of entertainment ace planned) ion |ine of the acre-culturist, with all| MAY IMPROVE PARK | Where. ‘The ownership of real estate | Ownership of real estate makes good | That time has come, It is here now eb aye’ Ha Bes Works | are attending the convention of the summer. Spacious grounds sur: |ine ‘eee, “erica ile that to] pans to improve Parkway park, |'% % foundation on which credit can | laW-abiding citizens, and home own. |'Tho University Home Tracts are half | tory, sewn, Oued, teak cane | Pasitio orthwest Association fi “found the community house and thoes: ie |a heavily-wooded tract lying paratiel|D® built. It ts the visible evidenc iat en The te ee Wonder: | sold out, and in the next sixty Gays /ang insure full time for present em|ine Per tn eee Jawn fetes are among those enter- to Magnolia boulevard on the south, thrift and the tangible proof of re-|hour.. ‘The more It grewe the nant, |Cyiny lot In this great liquidation sale | ployes the next four months. ‘To. | nS Held in Portland. tainments planned by the congenial CLEAR HOME OF DEBT were discussed by the park board| sponsibility. It has been and ix the |er will becom s the St traerent [or tne 2. Tx. Crawford Matate will be! dey, according to. Mravo: Tad .thel SeeE?: people of the community, The $10,000 Lebanon home, 1110| Friday. Tentative plans include the | basis of many of the largest and most | realty. pear the cron er geet tat sy ox: eon, WonCSCTUL plsion, LCC eae en emits Soe eh ea sale of such wonderful values. |immense spaces are filled with city has burst from the bands that | Where prices don’t count, terms don't | mountain and field guns, machine formerly were set to mark its limits count, Seattle real estate is a good | guns, long-distance cannon and tre- and the development whieh is forced | thing to own. mendous naval guns. In the largest Alderwood Manor provides al|w. 65th st., wae officially cleared of | elimination of deadwood and brush | substantial fortunes in America. So without equal for the chil debt Friday night, with the burning! and a system of landscape improve-|attle merchants care not how big It gt them large play-| of a mortgage of $2,500 mart your salary or how fine the clothes nate, and next to them are two reach cannon, one of which have been employed _ against and the other against Venioa”